Martí Batres Guadarrama, director general of the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE), said projects are underway to modernize hospitals across Mexico.

These infrastructure updates aim to expand medical services and reinforce primary care for government employees and their families. The initiative comes as the agency manages a debt of more than five billion pesos [1] owed to Mexico City.

As part of the modernization strategy, the agency is establishing 500 new primary care consulting rooms [2]. These additions are designed to reduce the burden on larger hospitals by improving early intervention and local access to healthcare.

Specific improvements have already begun at the Clínica Hospital "Celaya" in Guanajuato. Between December 2025 and January 2026 [4], the facility underwent the rehabilitation of two surgical rooms [5]. Officials said these specific upgrades are estimated to benefit 141,000 beneficiaries [3].

Batres has also scheduled visits to other facilities, including the Clínica Hospital del ISSSTE in Gómez Palacio, Durango, to oversee the progress of these service expansions. The broader effort focuses on rehabilitating existing surgical spaces, and increasing the overall capacity of the medical network to meet growing demand.

The director said the goal is to transform the quality of attention provided to rights-holders through these systemic changes. By prioritizing both high-level surgical capabilities and grassroots primary care, the agency seeks to stabilize a healthcare system facing significant financial and operational pressure.

“The agency is establishing 500 new primary care consulting rooms.”

The simultaneous push for primary care expansion and surgical modernization suggests the ISSSTE is attempting to shift toward a more preventative healthcare model. However, the scale of these improvements must be weighed against the agency's substantial debt to the capital, which may constrain the long-term sustainability of these infrastructure gains.